Ito will help Japan not get imperialized. Upgrade technology and weapons from swords to guns!
Information about Ito Hirobumi
- When Ito was born in 1841, he was born in the feudal domain of Chosu and was adopted to a samurai family.
- A visit to England made him interested in modernizing Japan.
- He served as a junior Councillor in a number of different ministries.
- The death of Kido Takayoshi and the assassination of Okubo Toshimichi -> Ito emerged as the powerful figure in government.
- After studying in Europe for a year and half, Ito and others set to work in drafting the Constitution of the Empire of Japan.
-> Ito became the Prime Minister. -> In 1885 he negotiated the Convention of Tientsin with Li Hung-chang of China.
- He represented Japan in negotiating the Treaty of Shimonoseki. -> concluded the Sino-Japanese War.
- He forced the Korean ruler, King Kojong, to abdicate and he established a full Japanese protectorate over Korea, thus paving the way for annexation.
- Ito resigned as resident general in 1909.
- However, during a tour of Manchuria later that year he was assassinated in Harbin by An Chung-gun, a Korean nationalist.
-Established Japan’s taxation system after studying in the United States -1873: Minister of Public Works -1875: Chairman of first Assembly of Prefectural Governors -Wrote first Imperial Household Law -1885: Negotiated Convention of Tientsin, normalized diplomatic relations with Qing -1985: Established cabinet system of government -Was Prime Minister of Japan -Was the first Resident-General of Korea after Korea became a Japanese protectorate -Concluded the Anglo-Japanese Alliance that made Japan a first rank power in the world
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Slogan:
Aren’t you tired of being unmodernized?
How would you solve this crisis?
MODERNIZE and WESTERNIZE yourself!
Ito will help Japan not get imperialized.
Upgrade technology and weapons from swords to guns!
Information about Ito Hirobumi
- When Ito was born in 1841, he was born in the feudal domain of Chosu and was adopted to a samurai family.
- A visit to England made him interested in modernizing Japan.
- He served as a junior Councillor in a number of different ministries.
- The death of Kido Takayoshi and the assassination of Okubo Toshimichi -> Ito emerged as the powerful figure in government.
- After studying in Europe for a year and half, Ito and others set to work in drafting the Constitution of the Empire of Japan.
-> Ito became the Prime Minister. -> In 1885 he negotiated the Convention of Tientsin with Li Hung-chang of China.
- He represented Japan in negotiating the Treaty of Shimonoseki. -> concluded the Sino-Japanese War.
- He forced the Korean ruler, King Kojong, to abdicate and he established a full Japanese protectorate over Korea, thus paving the way for annexation.
- Ito resigned as resident general in 1909.
- However, during a tour of Manchuria later that year he was assassinated in Harbin by An Chung-gun, a Korean nationalist.
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Accomplishments and contribution of Ito Hirobumi
-Established Japan’s taxation system after studying in the United States
-1873: Minister of Public Works
-1875: Chairman of first Assembly of Prefectural Governors
-Wrote first Imperial Household Law
-1885: Negotiated Convention of Tientsin, normalized diplomatic relations with Qing
-1985: Established cabinet system of government
-Was Prime Minister of Japan
-Was the first Resident-General of Korea after Korea became a Japanese protectorate
-Concluded the Anglo-Japanese Alliance that made Japan a first rank power in the world
Bibliography
Book: Pacific Century PG121-127
http://www.nndb.com/people/516/000097225/
http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/12.html
http://www.japanesehistory.de/cabinets/ItoHirobumi.htm
http://www.jref.com/japan/history/biographies/ito_hirobumi.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%C5%8D_Hirobumi#Early_years